Governors brace for fight with the State over management of ECDE centres
From left: Governors Mutahi Kahiga (Nyeri), Erick Mutai (Kericho) and James Orengo (Siaya) address journalists on the recommendations of the Presidential Working Party on Education Reforms and their implications for counties at the Council of Governors offices in Nairobi on Wednesday, January 10.
County bosses are planning to boycott the inter-governmental coordination meeting in protest at proposals to transfer the management of ECDE centres to the national government.
Governors will boycott the Inter-Governmental Relations Technical Committee meeting scheduled for Tuesday next week, to discuss the implementation of recommendations made by the Presidential Working Party on Education Reforms (PWPER) on how best to manage the sector.
This move, the governors said, is in protest against proposals to have the management of over 30,400 early childhood development and education (ECDE) centres, which employ 54,000 teachers and have an enrolment of some 2.3 million children, under the national government.
